Thread by @chilledasad100

1/ I was struck by how many parallels there are with #COP26 & the disastrous #COP15 in Copenhagen. There are the obvious ones, both cold, wet COPs in northern Europe. Both hugely expensive for the global South, with poor planning on basic things like affordable accommodation

2/ Both billed as the last chance to save the planet. In 2009 Obama had just taken over from Bush who left the Kyoto Protoco. In 2021 Biden took over from Trump who left the Paris Agreement. In 2009 the promise of $100 billion was made, in 2021 it was broken (again).

3/ Both heavily policed COPs with civil society locked out of negotiations. Both COPs with an inept host government that failed to listen to developing countries, and wanted to railroad through unjust outcomes. In 2009 the Chair of the G77 said 'we are being asked to sign a

4/ suicide note, with the money on the table not even enough to pay for our coffins as rich countries pushed the 2c target' In 2021 developing countries saying that 'inaction by rich countries is the willful & deliberate killing of millions and that 1.5c to barely stay alive and

5/ 2c is certain death'. In 2009 the COP took place after a financial crisis, when within days the rich poured trillions into bailing out the banks. In 2021 the COP takes place amidst Covid pandemic & global recession, when within days the rich pour trillions into saving their

6/ economies'. In 2009 the Danish Govt tried to push responsibility to act onto developing countries with the its all India & China's fault. In 2021 the UK Govt is trying to push responsibility onto developing countries with the its all India/China's fault.

7/ In 2009 and 2021 the rich countries claim that their coffers are empty but hand billions into subsidies to fossil fuel companies. In 2009 & 2021 both the Danes and UK expanded fossil fuel extraction even whilst talking about the climate crisis

8/ In 2009 it was all the fault of individuals - we needed to change our lightbulbs, straws etc. In 2021 it was all the fault of individuals again. In 2009 rich countries said trust the market & big business, all we need is offsets. In 2021 rich countries trust the market & big

9/ business and all we need is offsets and carbon markets. In 2009 rich countries said saving the economy means austerity for the poor and bailouts for the rich. In 2021 they are saying saving the climate means austerity for the poor & bailouts for the rich.

10/ In 2009 rich countries bullied, bribed and tried divide & rule tactics on developing countries. In 2021 rich countries are bullying, bribing & trying divide & rule tactics on developing countries.

But the one difference between 2009 and 2021 - between #COP15 and #COP26 - all of us - the climate justice movement cant be ignored, people power is stronger, our voices louder, our movements stronger. And the NGOs complicit in silencing demands for justice, or now cowering

in corners - knowing that the streets are filled with us, that the call of people and our movements is for climate justice. That we will not accept the deliberate sacrificing of the global South. That this is a fight to uproot the system - economic, racial, social& political